Cell Phone #s Go Public This Month.....

[matsuzaka]

REMINDER...... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

> .... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
> To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.
> It is the National DO NOT CALL list It will only take a minute of your time.. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
> HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON .. It takes about 20 seconds.
> https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

[timmy2]

Thanks, just put 3 family cell phones on the list.

[hcoles]

thanks for the info, I'm signing in my cell numbers.

[agrimmitt]

It took about 20 seconds.
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[Canada Kev]

This DNC list thing was tried recently in Canada. From all accounts, it was a failure. The only way for people to know to not call is to have access to the list. When some get that list it just gives them a bunch of valid numbers. Sure, there may be fines, but regardless of any supposed penalties, they can't do much about the people working out of India or Indonesia...

And personally, I got far more telemarketers than before the list. Thankfully I didn't submit my cel phone number. I guess that's what call display is for.

[GothingNC]

It is false per Snopes

snopes.com: Cell Phone Numbers Given to Telemarketers

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by GothingNC

It is false per Snopes

snopes.com: Cell Phone Numbers Given to Telemarketers

Glad for that and I think this hoax has made the rounds before. If this ever becomes real, it won't be calls you will be getting, it will be texts. Millions of them. And this has happened already and happened to me with regards to my bank.

Phishing scam from 2010

[Canada Kev]

I'm glad for you guys that this isn't true. Unfortunately, in their infinite wisdom, the Canadian government DID have a do not call registry. Everyone was going around raving about this wonderful idea to stop the calls during dinner from telemarketers. Then they got MORE calls. It wasn't pretty. I was kind of surprised when I saw this thread as I couldn't see it working any better down there than here.

[Rick V]

All of our cell phones are registered on the do not disturb registry, and I have only gotten 3 or so calls in the last couple of years, and oh yes they got reported

[1979 930]

Done thanks

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by matsuzaka

REMINDER...... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

> .... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
> To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.
> It is the National DO NOT CALL list It will only take a minute of your time.. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
> HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON .. It takes about 20 seconds.
> https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

This could be somewhat unneeded... see this.

snopes.com: Cell Phone Numbers Given to Telemarketers